Toy.



PATETED JN. 29, 1901. w. B. HILL.

wird zog-eo v WILLIAM R. HILL, E rrERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed October 20, 1906. Serial No, 389,850.

L To LZZ whom t mag/concern.- l Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HILL, a

citizen of the United States of America, residing 'at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented-new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys of that general character comprising a box or casing having one or more receptacles disposed l therein and one or more balls designed to be seated inrthe receptacle or receptacles by a skilled' lmanipulation of the box or casing to '.guide and control the balls in their movements. i

The object of the presentinventin is to provide a novel and .improvedl construction .of toy of this type designed forplaying va game of an amusing and instructing character, Which I have termed Bats in the bel- In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a toy embodying my invention.

Fi' 2 is acentral vertical section of the same.

Ahedevice comprises a box or casing 1,

lpreferably of circular form and having a i ottom`2. and sfff'transparent top or panel 3,

the latter-being composed of avdisk of mica,

glass, or other equivalent material secured in olding-ring or bezel' 4.

Arranged at the center of the chamber or i compartment of the casing is a row of tubes 5, preferably three in number, extending up- Wardly from the bottom 2 and forming open-- topped pockets, which may be considered the portions or compartments of a bell-ry. Projeoting from one Vside of this row of tubes is a series of strips 6, secured to the `bottom 2 and simulating in form and arrangement the tines of a fork, thus providin v guide-passages 7 leading to the pockets an separated at their forward ends by a narrow assage from the adjacentpo'rtion of the si e Wall of the casing.

y 'In the casing are balls, spheres, or other ycircular objects 8, Which are free to travel on the bottom 2 .and to be guided in a circular .path by the side lWall of the casing and are -equal'in number to the pockets and of a proper size'or diameter to travel inthe guide- WaysA 7. It will be observed that these guidevvaysA 7 are disposed at the same level and: are designed to lead the balls to the lower ends ofthe tubes.

'In ,playin the game the object to v'so lposition in any preferred manner, as byv a manipulate the casing as to cause the balls to travel over the surface of the bottom and into the guideways to the base of the tubes or pockets into which. they are intended tobe jumped. This is obviously a diflicult object to accomplish and requires skill and care on the part of the player or operator to control the movements of the balls, the'erratic motion of the balls and the training of the eye and hand in cont-rolling them affording amusement and useful instruction. When the bats represented by the balls are coniined or entrapped in the compartments ofthe belfry, one 1n each compartment, the game is played or the puzzle of entrapping the" balls solved. By the described arrangement of the passages and the necessity ofjumping the balls into the ockets the o eration of entrapping the bals is rendere one ofgreater difliculty and causes increased amusement and interest, owing ,to the tendency of an entrapped ball topass out of its pocket during {.)hleilorts of the operatorto entrap anther Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is f 1. A device of the character desc'ibed comprising a casing havinga transparent top, a roW of tubes rising from the bottom of the kcasing and forming compartments, guides leading from one side of the casing to the tubes, and balls adapted to be, guidedand seated in said tubes.' y

2. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a transparent top,

va row of tubes rising from the. bottom ofthe casing and forming pockets, strips secured to the bottom of the casing and extending outvWardly from one side of the row of tubes and simulating in form and arrangement the tines of a fork, and vballs Within the casing and adapted to be guided and seated in said tubes. 3. A device of the, character described A comprising a casing having a transparent top a roW of open-toppedlpockets extending upwardly from the bottom of the casing, guide members on the bottom of the casing leading to the pockets, and balls adapted to pass` along said guideways to lthe ases of the pockets and jumped thercinto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses. v

WILLIAM B. HILL Witnesses: i

. JOHN E. GREEN,

A. J. THoMrsoN'.

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